CORRESPONDENCE Peer-teaching: an Effective Learning Experience?

with other courses, and shared their findings and final conclusions prior to the oral presentation with the faculty and classmates. Faculty members evaluated and graded their final presentations. An assessment of the peer-teaching strategy in the developmental and clinical anatomy course was performed to obtain student opinion in different aspects of the peer-teaching process. The results of the survey and interviews of the students revealed that the peerteaching experience positively affected their performance; helped them to better understand the material; promoted peer collaboration/cooperation; and academic integrity and honor code were observed during the process. The students expressed that peer-teaching is an effective learning experience; that they felt more confident asking questions and discussing doubts, and feel more at ease when dealing with peers than with faculty. They recommend its continuation in the developmental and clinical anatomy course with the proviso that the group size be reduced. The San Juan Bautista School of Medicine appreciates the participation of the students in the decision making process. The Anatomy Department will continue with the peer-teaching process in the course. The number of students per table depends on the amount of cadavers assigned to the Medical School by the Puerto Rico Board of Anatomy; however, working groups will be organized into 4-5 students each to optimize peer participation.